Jun 11, 2015 | Blog hops tours & reblogs
To celebrate the launch of the second issue of Nonlocal Science Fiction Magazine, Dan is giving away the first one for free! You can download it on Amazon from June 10th through the 12th. You can see which stories are included in Issue #1 on Dan’s website (they...
Jun 11, 2015 | My Publications
You may remember how I mentioned the other day I had rated my book covers and the Pearseus ones had not done so well. Partly as a result, I was having them redesigned. The redesign was done by Alexios Saskalidis of 187Designz. He’s a great designer, easy to work...
Jun 10, 2015 | Publishing, Writing
I was talking recently to Joe of The Ladders, a comprehensive career resource for professionals that takes pride in helping people in diverse demographics with their career no matter what the field. Joe had an unusual question for me: what would I advise someone...
Jun 9, 2015 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
Book Gorilla Author Page I usually post every other day, to avoid clogging up your mailboxes. Still, I occasionally have something to share between days, so I make an exception. The first thing I wanted to share today is my new Book Gorilla page. Book Gorilla is one...
Jun 8, 2015 | Entertainment
As you may know, my day job is in web design, through my company, Istomedia. I often daydream about working as a full-time author, but that may have to wait until I’m a pensioner, it seems. Still, reading posts like this, from Unplag.com, anti-plagiarism online...
Jun 6, 2015 | Interviews Features and Reviews
You may remember the ground-breaking Nonlocal Science Fiction magazine from my February cover reveal, or from my interview with publisher Dan Dombrowski. Yes, the one that included “Shoot the Devil,” a short story by yours truly. The second issue will be...
Jun 4, 2015 | Interviews Features and Reviews
When I posted the great news about Runaway Smile being an award-winning finalist in the 2015 International Book Awards, many of you very kindly wished me best of luck at winning. It did not, with the honor going to Geoffrey Saign, author of WhipEye. Turns out we have...
Jun 2, 2015 | Entertainment
I found this on Tickld and just had to share! According to the original post, if you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. And, after trying the verses, a Frenchman...
May 31, 2015 | Publishing
Continuing on the theme of change in publishing, I came across the latest report by The Publishers Association, released a few days ago. Philip Jones did a great job at going through it, explaining what one can learn from it. Although it refers specifically to the UK...
May 29, 2015 | Publishing
This is the first post of two on the subject of changes in publishing. I came across an interesting post by Jane Friedman on the subject, based on a Nielsen presentation by Jonathan Nowell. Studying the last decade, one can reach a number of interesting conclusions....
